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alt. to veksl to trade foreign currencies or illegal goods to [participate] in a grey or dark market in a parallel economy It is a cultural phenomenon present mainly in the countries of the former Eastern Block before 1991. In the former Soviet republics foreign currencies and goods were mostly unavailable to the [general public] or they were traditionally very expensive. A network of "vexlaks" (alt. vekslaks) - dealers of various commodities - arose among people who spoke foreign languages or had an [opportunity] of contact with tourists from the West, i.e. waiters, hotel employees, tourist guides, bus drivers etc.
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